GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 633601
Gears icon not clear that it contains generated passwords
Last modified: 2012-05-23 21:43:19 UTC
I'm not sure the gears icon is clear that it contains generated passwords. We can try to think of something better.
*** Bug 636811 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
We need a better icon, then. Artist help needed
Jakub, have any ideas?
Well I don't think the metaphor itself is what's not working. It's the fact that the button is separated from the password entry. If the icon was symbolic* and part of the entry in a similar way the reload button is in Web's URL entry, it might be more obvious. * system-run-symbolic Nevertheless an asteriskcombined with an arrow pointing to the right might work better for password-generate too.
Created attachment 213717 [details] [review] a patch How about this ? Move the 'generate password' icon into the entry to make the focus chain more straightforward. Also switch from generating a choice of 6 passwords in a menu, just generate a single one and put it directly into the entry. To keep the password generation keyboard accessible, add a 'Generate password' context menu item.
Created attachment 213718 [details] how it looks
Created attachment 213719 [details] with tooltip
In general I really like this. There is a pretty annoying lag sometimes though. And I think we need to show the password in the clear if we use this. I need to read it to be able to repeat it.
I believe the lag happens when /dev/random has no entropy. Try cat /dev/random, and then run apg -n1 in another terminal Few ideas: - run apg async, instead of blocking the ui - generate a dozen passwords in advance, and serve them out one-by-one
Created attachment 214435 [details] [review] user-accounts: Simplify generated password handling Move the 'generate password' icon into the entry to make the focus chain more straightforward. Also switch from generating a choice of 6 passwords in a menu, just put put the next choice directly into the entry. To keep the password generation keyboard accessible, add a 'Generate password' context menu item. https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=633601 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=658522
same ui, but now we generate 10 passwords at a time, to avoid running agp every time.
Created attachment 214461 [details] [review] users: Make generated password visible A generated password is useless if you can't read it.
The following fixes have been pushed: 86bd905 users: Make generated password visible a7beb08 user-accounts: Simplify generated password handling
Created attachment 214751 [details] [review] users: Make generated password visible A generated password is useless if you can't read it.
Created attachment 214752 [details] [review] user-accounts: Simplify generated password handling Move the 'generate password' icon into the entry to make the focus chain more straightforward. Also switch from generating a choice of 6 passwords in a menu, just put put the next choice directly into the entry. To keep the password generation keyboard accessible, add a 'Generate password' context menu item. https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=633601 https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=658522